What Are The Common Signs Of Increased Creatinine
High creatinine is a common condition in patient with kidney disease, and it may indicate severe kidney damage. While if increased creatinine is caused by kidney damage, what signs will appear?
Why increased creatinine appears in renal patient?
For patient with Kidney disease, when their kidneys have been damaged to a certain degree, their kidney function will not be able to filter the creatinine in their blood adequately, and that is why patients with kidney disease often have increased creatinine.
But it is worth mentioning that our kidneys have strong metabolic ability, and renal patient is not easy to have increased creatinine unless more than half kidney function is damaged.
What are the common signs of increased creatinine?
When patient begins to have increased creatinine, which means about half kidney function has been damaged, some signs will appear at this point.
1.Fatigue: a common symptom in patient with kidney disease is fatigue, and that is mainly caused by anemia, which is a common complication of kidney damage.
2.Itching: when patients have high creatinine, it is also very likely for them to feel pruritic in their skin, because itching can be caused by many factors, like the metabolic disorder of electrolytes in body, the hyperfunction of parathyroid gland, etc.
3.Edema: edema in patients with kidney disease also can be seen in their early stage, and that often appears firstly around patient’s eyes or in his lower limbs. In fact, for patient who has this symptom in the early stage or the moderate stage of his kidney disease, this symptom is more likely to be caused by massive proteinuria.
Besides, patient may have many other signs when patient have increased creatinine, like frequent urination at night, abnormal urine color, muscle cramps, foams in patient’s urine, etc.
While every patient will have his own signs caused by high creatinine, and if you are not sure whether your symptom is caused by your kidney disease, you can contact our online experts, and we are glad to help you.
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